Team News: Hearts vs Motherwell

The Steelmen visit Tynecastle Park this afternoon and the manager has made five changes from the side that played in Istanbul during the week.

Lawrence Shankland returns to lead the line with Barrie McKay and Josh Ginnelly joining him in attack. Robert Snodgrass earns a spot in midfield with Andy Halliday is also given a starting berth.

Nathaniel Atkinson, Alan Forrest, Lewis Neilson, Euan Henderson and Connor Smith all move to the bench, while there’s a spot amongst the substitutes for Kye Rowles, who pulls on a Hearts jersey for the first time since August.

Hearts line up as follows:

Gordon, M. Smith, Grant, Shankland, Devlin, Halliday, McKay, Cochrane, Sibbick, Ginnelly, Snodgrass.

Subs: Clark, Kiomourtzoglou, Atkinson, Rowles, Forrest, Neilson, Henderson, C. Smith, Pollock.